Professor Azad Madni Awarded ASME Honorary Membership
Professor Azad Madni is awarded Honorary Membership by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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Too Close for Comfort: USC Viterbi Students Use AI to Prevent Aircraft Collisions
USC had two teams among top 10 finalists in national FAA Data Challenge 2023.
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Iris Critchell, 102, Learned to Fly at USC. She Then Taught Hundreds of Others.
Competing in the 1936 Olympics, flying military planes in World War 2 – Critchell helped make aviation as safe as it is today.
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Speeding into a New Era of Hypersonic Flight
Assistant Professor Ivan Bermejo-Moreno receives a NASA Early Career Faculty Award for computational studies of hypersonic flight.
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Hangbo Zhao Receives Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award
The highly competitive program supports outstanding early career researchers developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Beneath the Waves
Rusty Jehangir empowers thousands to pursue underwater robotics and exploration with startup Blue Robotics
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USC Viterbi at The Economist Space Economy Summit
USC Viterbi leadership and alumni join global thought-leaders in debate about the economic growth of a multi-billion dollar industry.
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USC at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
USC researchers present 14 papers at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), showcasing leading-edge research in robotics.
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DEN@Viterbi celebrates 50 years of high-impact distance learning
The progressive pedagogy of the pioneering distance learning program has changed the lives of graduate students worldwide.
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Qian, Bansal study the way robots move, interact with the world around them
The researchers share some commonalities in their work, apart from winning an NSF CAREER Award.
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Designing an Engine Ready for Hydrogen Combustion
The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting a major USC research initiative to advance the next stage of the clean energy revolution.
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Origami-Inspired Strain Sensors for Stretchable Soft Robotics
USC researchers have developed an innovative solution to measure the motion of soft components in robotics.
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Aaron McCloud Was a Student With Bad Grades and Deep Potential. He Created a Company to Help Kids Just Like Him.
Intervene K-12 serves over 30,000 students in more than 20 school districts to provide high-impact tutoring for K-12 students within the school day.
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Paul Plucinsky Receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Plucinsky’s theory-guided approach explores the interplay between geometry and complex material behavior.
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Six USC Viterbi Faculty Honored with NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty will boost USC research in disease modeling, groundwater systems, machine learning and robotics.
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From Safety to Wellness: What the AME Instructional Labs Do Differently
The approach to hands-on learning at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) sets the tone for the 2023 Student Shop Managers Conference.
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First USC Research Prototype Launches for Testing on the International Space Station
CLINGERS, a unique docking system, is designed to facilitate sensing and docking operations in space.
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Onward and upward with the USC AeroDesign Team
The USC AeroDesign Team has a stellar track record of success. Now, they’re setting their goals even higher.
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So You’d Like a Job at the Largest Aerospace Company in the World?
Unique partnership between Boeing and USC Viterbi allows paid summer internships, tuition expenses and a full time position after graduation.
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Wide Awake and Dreaming: USC Viterbi’s 2023 Master’s Commencement Ceremonies
The class of 2023 is “the best educated, the most representative in our history.”
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“At Heart, We’re Problem Solvers:” USC Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement 2023
This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degree
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“Attention is All You Need”: New Ph.D.s Urged to Attend to “Challenges of Earth’s Eight Billion People.”
The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis.
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NAE’s 2023 Gordon Prize Ceremony Celebrates the Career of Azad Madni
For the second year in a row, USC hosts the top award in engineering education.
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Welcome to the Fabulous Fluids Facility!
The renovation of USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Dryden Wind Tunnel celebrates the phenomenon of “beautiful flow.”
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Assad Oberai Honored as 2022 Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics
Assad Oberai applies computation and data-driven modelling to solve some of the toughest questions in science and engineering.
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More Debris, More Problems: Building Technology to Clean Up Space
Researchers at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute are building machines to help rid junk from the atmosphere.
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Engineering, Empowerment and Art: Introducing AME Faculty Member Neda Maghsoodi
Maghsoodi works at the intersection of mechanical engineering, biology and material science, and she’s equally committed to creating a culture of human flourishing.
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First 3D Printed Rocket, Created by Trojan Engineers, Soars Into the Upper Atmosphere
The co-founders of Relativity Space eye their next big steps: investing in space start-ups and reaching Earth orbit.
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Engineer Your Daily Life: USC Students are Maestros of Optimization Hacks
For students in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, the senior design project is a chance to apply their knowledge and get creative.
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Six Weeks to Mars? Viterbi Alums Are Building Powerful, Versatile Rocket Engines
Ursa Major, a company with 13 alumni, seeks to democratize access to space
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Fish Don’t Dither: A New Study Investigates Danger-Evasion Tactics
New USC research on zebrafish has implications for understanding animal behavior
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USC Races UCLA at NASCAR’s L.A. Coliseum Takeover
The two universities trialed their student-designed racecars as part of a weekend-long NASCAR launch event at the legendary stadium, home of the USC Trojans
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Azad Madni Receives NAE’s 2023 Gordon Prize
For second year in a row, a Trojan receives top award in engineering education
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USC’s Petros Ioannou, Gérard Medioni and J. Joshua Yang Elected as National Academy of Inventors Fellows
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.
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Clearing the (Classroom) Air
A new air purification strategy by USC Viterbi researchers might reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and other indoor spaces by as much as tenfold.
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New Wheel-Legged Robots Navigate Terrain and Combat Obstacles Like Never Before
Research team engineers new wheel-legged robots with advancements in speed, rolling and leverage legged motions
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34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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New $11.7 Million USC Center to Create Open-Source Implantables for the Nervous System
The USC-led center will develop cutting-edge devices that send stimulating pulses to the autonomic nervous system to treat and monitor a vast range of conditions.
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Haylee Mota Can Only See Light and Shadows. Yet She Sees So Much More.
USC Viterbi sophomore reimagines telepresence robots for the visually impaired
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Legged Robots to Aid with Planetary Research
Feifei Qian is the lead researcher for a NASA grant that could significantly aid planetary explorations.
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What’s the Temperature, Traveler?
How a faulty thermometer at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum became a pet project of USC Viterbi
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Folding, Cutting and Bending Our Way into a More Adaptable Future
USC researchers create new models to predict how new metamaterials behave, opening the door for applications in soft robotics and even space
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AME Hosts LATTC Outreach Event to Promote Youth STEM Engagement
32 high school students from Early College Academy visited USC Viterbi labs for a day of hands-on engineering
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“The Best Educated Class In Our History”
At the 2022 commencement ceremony, undergraduates shared laughter, tears and hugs as they embark on a new journey
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“The World Impatiently Waits For You”: 1100 USC Viterbi Master’s Students Graduate
First in-person, satellite ceremonies in two years feature four-star general and former CEO of Yahoo and Verizon Media as speakers
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“Do Better Than Us”: Three Years of USC Viterbi Ph.D.s Receive Their Hoods.
At the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony, 215 new graduates join Trojan forebears like Andrew Viterbi and Wanda Austin.
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Trojan in the Sky
For USC Viterbi class of 2022 PhD Rishi Malhan, the future of robotics and sustainability lives in the skies.
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More Than Robotics
USC Viterbi student Joy Uehara deepened her love of systems as a robotics mentor. Her most recent team was featured in Disney’s documentary “More than Robots.”
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Class of 2022 Graduate Gets Thrifty in the Startup World
Product Development Engineering graduate Patricia Garcia is winning accolades for her company that allows students to thrift their collegiate gear.
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Supporting Girls in Space: USC Viterbi Program Returns for Summer 2022
With renewed support, Project Payload returns to offer underrepresented girls in STEM a hands-on experience in aerospace engineering and computer science
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8 USC Viterbi Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty has now been received by 13 USC Viterbi faculty over the past two years
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New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a 3D printing technique to fabricate microfluidic devices for biomedical applications at a microscale not previously possible.
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Achieving Success Through Imprecision
USC Viterbi researchers aim to build a better brain with a never-before-used approach
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Bo Jin Receives 2022 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Bo Jin, lecturer in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is one of 11 recipients of the 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. The award was given by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), an association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce. Jin is the faculty advisor of the USC Advanced Composites Design Team, … Read More
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Najmedin Meshkati Honored as an Inaugural Titan of The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Meshkati, an expert in the field of risk reduction in complex technological systems, was recognized at The HFES February Symposium.
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USC Viterbi Students Win Poster Award at Top Fluid Dynamics Conference
The team, who won second place at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Conference, featured two high school students through the SHINE program.
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USC Alumna, Deniz Burnham, Beats Out 12,000 Applicants to Join NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class
Burnham beat out thousands of applicants for the opportunity to train for space missions.
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Designing Magnetic Materials Using Mathematical Tools
USC Viterbi researchers find the key to a longstanding puzzle on how magnetic hysteresis can be dramatically reduced, paving the way for magnet usage in next-generation energy conversion and electronic devices.
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Francisco Valero-Cuevas Selected As One of 12 U.S. Scientists To Advise on Issues of Medical Rehab and Disabilities
His four year term with the NIH’s Advisory Board On Medical Rehabilitation Research began in July 2021.
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Beyond 3-D Printing and Robotics, the Most Lasting Thing Kendall Work Built? Communities.
Senior mechanical engineering student attributes his successful college experience to the communities he built at USC Viterbi
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Superhero Confidence for Kids with Limb Differences
USC students design colorful 3D-printed prosthetics for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles patients.
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‘We Want to Assemble Anything’
Max Reynolds (AME ’14) launched a startup, Symbio, that revolutionizes how artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to the manufacturing industry
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An Actress, Pilot and Engineer: One Student Does It All
From gymnastics to the U.S. Air Force ROTC, USC Viterbi senior Natalie Smith built her life on asking ‘Why not?’
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Breakfast of Champions, Prepared by Your Neighborhood Robot
No need for fancy cafes. For your next coffee and pancake order, all you need is a couple of robots – and USC Viterbi students to program them.
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Machine Communicates Emotion with Nearly 80% Accuracy of Human Touch
New Haptic Device Can Communicate Attention, Gratitude, Happiness, Calming, Sadness, or Love
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Your Next Package Could be Delivered by a Robot
USC Viterbi researchers help four-legged robots carry heavy packages to spaces unknown
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USC’s Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, and Shri Narayan Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The trio joins a distinguished class of 175 new inductees who “demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation”
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The Art of Mixing: Shapeshifting and Shockwaves
USC researchers develop a tracking method in supersonic and hypersonic engines, paving the way for optimal combustion in high-speed flights
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Two USC Viterbi Students Named Caldwell Scholars
First-year students Jose M. Zarate Diaz and Raul Torres Jr. win the prestigious award
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Could 3D Paper Be a Sustainable Alternative to Plastic?
Mechanical engineering student Aidan Leitch hopes his technique of using recycled paper to form solid objects can open doors to environmentally friendly plastic replacements.
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Can Robots Create Fashion?
For three mechanical engineering students, summer vacation included making tie-dye – with Baxter, the robot.
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Gold and Silver: USC Viterbi Students Nearly Sweep Top Awards at Nation’s Largest Manufacturing Research Conference
First and second place awards for best paper earned by students in USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing
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How I Spent My COVID Quarantine: 3-D Printing A Laser Harp
USC Viterbi student Reuben Levine combines his engineering prowess with music knowledge to create a unique instrument in his own home.
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Want Your Lithium Batteries To Last Longer? Try Stretching.
USC researchers have applied fundamental mechanics to help increase battery storage capacity and lifespan.
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Electric Propulsion: The Future of Sustainable Aviation
USC researchers awarded a new NASA grant to make air travel cleaner, greener and more adaptable.
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Undergraduate Researchers Impress Viterbi Community With CURVE Symposium Posters
Over 100 USC Viterbi undergraduates present their year-long research projects virtually at the 2021 Viterbi Research Symposium
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Could Mapping Tiny Hairlike Structures Help Treat Lung Illnesses?
With a $2.3 million NIH award, USC researchers will study how cilia behavior and structure impact their function, a key in improving diagnostics and treatments for lung illnesses like COVID-19.
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Ten USC Viterbi Students Honored with Aerospace Fellowship
A collaboration between the USC WiSE program and the Aerospace Corporation, this prestigious fellowship offers students the opportunity to gain real-life industry experience and develop their skills
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Commencement 2021: Engineering Grads Take Center Stage at L.A. Coliseum For First Time in 71 Years
In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
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When Your Actual Family is a Trojan Family, USC is More than a Dream
USC graduates Parker Alban and his sister Sierra Alban carry on their family tradition at commencement, culminating a dream that began over 70 years ago with their USC alumni grandparents.
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Five USC Viterbi Faculty Receive 2021 NSF CAREER Awards
Research spans from self driving cars, virtual touch, AI for good, teaching machines commonsense and electromagnetic device design.
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How Do You Build a Rocket Without a Lab?
How USC’s renowned Rocket Propulsion Laboratory took one of the most hands-on clubs on campus remote.
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AME 441 Students Place 2nd, 3rd at AIAA Region VI Student Conference
AME students presented designs to allow for more efficient CubeSat operations and to disrupt criminal drone systems using sound at the annual AIAA student conference.
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Students Shine In Design
Fifty-three USC Viterbi freshmen impressed judges with their unique designs at the 2021 Boeing Freshman Design Challenge.
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Over 100 Undergraduate Students Conduct Research Remotely
As part of the Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering fellowships, undergraduate students participated in research spanning topics including disruptive space engineering, climate change, robotics and AI for social good.
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Mechanical Engineering Student Dreams of Engineering New Sounds
AME Junior David Krieger fell in love with music first and later, found his passion for engineering could drive him to explore sound in a whole new way.
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Can We Predict Which COVID-19 Patients Will End Up in the ICU?
USC researchers created an algorithm that uses five biomarkers to determine which COVID-19 patients will need intensive care after hospitalization.
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Can A Robot Operate Effectively Underwater?
USC researchers find sea stars’ shape plays an important role in their ability to withstand dynamic water forces and remain attached to surfaces.
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The Four-Legged Robot That Can Crawl, Crouch, Clean and Fight COVID
A team of USC master’s students creates a disinfection robot to use on COVID-19 prevention.
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What if Silent Heart Attacks Could be Diagnosed at Home?
USC Researchers use biofluid dynamics (hemodynamics) that can potentially detect heart attacks in patients without chest pain and lower mortality and re-hospitalization rates for heart failure patients.
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Paul Newton named AAAS Fellow
Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering joins 40 previously selected faculty members as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Wellness Workout: Mechancial Engineering Student Leads 6-Minute Yoga
Mechanical engineering student Anna Balbach is also a certified yoga instructor. She shared this six-minute video to help peers find mental balance and strength ahead of finals.
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Adapting to COVID-19: New Procedures Guiding Lab Safety for Students
Learn how the AME lab space at Biegler Hall has adjusted its space to ensure safety of its students, faculty and staff while allowing for immersive, hands-on learning.
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A 10-Day Forecast for COVID-19
USC Viterbi’s Roger Ghanem and Xiaoshu Zeng have created models which predict daily, new COVID-19 cases.
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Can the Movement of Tiny Hairlike Structures Tell Us How Healthy We Are?
Researchers determine triggers for transitions between coordinated movement of organelles called cilia, identifying a potential diagnostic tool for cancer and other illnesses.
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Imagine If Your Personal Device Worked All Day
Professor Ananya Renuka Balakrishna attempts to create batteries with longer lifespans.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 4: Automation Technologies for Ensuring Human Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The fourth lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how automation can help enhance human productivity in industries such as manufacturing while keeping them safe during the global pandemic.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 2: Fluid Dynamics of the Spread of COVID-19
The second lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how the virus spreads in droplets and what masks are most effective
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 1: Modeling Epidemics
Inaugural lecture in 10-part series focuses on modeling epidemics as a chemical reaction process
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A Sustainable Hackathon
The 4th annual Sustain-A-Thon saw 57 students propose solutions for making the planet more livable and sustainable.